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HazF16
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 Posted: Dec 04, 2005 - 02:02 PM
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555th FS a/c lost over Serbia during Operation Allied Force back in 1999.
88-0550
I got some pics from the Museum Of Warplanes in Belgrade of the remains of that airframe. You might wanna add em to the airframe history/photo library. |
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| tail of 88-0550 (Museum Of Warplanes, Belgrade) |
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| landing gear of 88-0550 (Museum Of Warplanes, Belgrade) |
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Taco44
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Posted: Dec 05, 2005 - 12:44 AM
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| Wow......don't really know how to take that. |
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Posted: Feb 09, 2007 - 01:30 PM
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I know where you can CANN a strut.
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Posted: Feb 09, 2007 - 01:56 PM
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HazF16, Thanks for the photos  . I've now uploaded both to the gallery and incorporated the tail picture into the new article Holloman commander recalls being shot down in Serbia .  Apologies for missing this material when we added the news story. |
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Jon
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Posted: Feb 09, 2007 - 02:07 PM
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| In the second photo I did a double take, because 88-0550 had no serial on the tail, it was marked 555th FS. Then a moment later remembered that the serial was on the ventral fin. So this fragment must be from one of the fins. |
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seat_dreamer
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Posted: Feb 09, 2007 - 02:28 PM
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It surely has looked much better in the bast
One question about the aircraft database entry. At one point it says:
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Dec 1998
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* Mission Marks
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Wore 5 mission markings for Operation Allied Force.
Didn't Allied Force start in March 1999 ? How could it have mission markings 4 months earlier ? I may be nitpicking, but it may need correction  |
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Posted: Feb 09, 2007 - 03:11 PM
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| Might be from one of the previous actions before OAF. |
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Posted: Feb 09, 2007 - 03:47 PM
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Taco44 wrote:
Wow......don't really know how to take that.
yeah, I really don't like the idea of F-16 parts being displayed as war trophies, especially since it was the Triple Nickel command jet. |
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Posted: Dec 07, 2007 - 11:45 PM
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seat_dreamer wrote:
It surely has looked much better in the bast
One question about the aircraft database entry. At one point it says:
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Dec 1998
Special characteristics:
* Mission Marks
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Wore 5 mission markings for Operation Allied Force.
Didn't Allied Force start in March 1999 ? How could it have mission markings 4 months earlier ? I may be nitpicking, but it may need correction
Hi, I just happened to be referred to this site by a friend of mine (a huge "Jet-head" and aircraft modeler) I was over there from '95- late '99 and I happen to be one of the two guys that painted 88-550; my proudest work... Anyways, I think those mission marks may have been from Operation Silver Wake over Albania; can't remember if we downed anything though...
Anyways, might be worth checking... |
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ghettobird
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Posted: Dec 10, 2007 - 01:28 AM
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The 555th didnt fly any jets during Operation Silver Wake...that was all the 510th's thing. We stayed longer on our rotation of the Deliberate Guard / Decisive Endeavour crap.
They may have botched the date on when those mission markings were applied, I do know that the Neon Chicken flew quite a few combat missions before she got shot down during that particular conflict.
Although it was never my assigned aircraft, i was always proud to see it in the air, especially when you could pick it out when it was in the arrival pattern over Piancovallo. |
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